Noun
1. education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings;
"he took a course in basket weaving""flirting is not unknown in college classes"2. a connected series of events or actions or developments;
"the government took a firm course""historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"3. facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport;
"the course had only nine holes""the course was less than a mile"4. a mode of action;
"if you persist in that course you will surely fail""once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"5. a line or route along which something travels or moves;
"the hurricane demolished houses in its path""the track of an animal""the course of the river"6. general line of orientation;
"the river takes a southern course""the northeastern trend of the coast"7. part of a meal served at one time;
"she prepared a three course meal"8. (construction) a layer of masonry;
"a course of bricks"